Shell USA/UT Jackson School of Geosciences

(Shell Game Changer Project)

WEMI–wave equation migration inversion
Sen–UTIG, Fornel-BEG

$500,000

Jan. 2006–
Dec. 2007

Conoco-Phillips
UT Jackson School of Geosciences Initiative

Joint Inverstion of Seismic and Fluid Flow data
P. L. Stoffa, M. K. Sen

$500,000

June 01, 2006–
May 31, 2008

NSF Information Technology Research

A Data Intense Challenge–Instrumented oil-field of the future

Wheeler, Dawson,–Computaional and applied math

Sen–Institute for Geophysics

$2.3 milllion

Sep 2001–

Sep. 2005

NSF Information Technology Research

Collaborative Research: ITR-:Data Driven Simulation of the Subsurface: Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation (new grant)–National Science Foundation Information Technology Research

$1.1 million

Oct. 2004–

Sep. 2007

NSF–Math and Geosciences

Collaborative Research: CMG: Stochastic Representation of Parameter Uncertainty within Model Predictions of Future Climate (new grant) National Science Foundation

Jackson and Sen UTIG

$600K

Sep. 2004–
Aug. 2007

US Dept of Energy

Determination of crustal structure by inversion of shear-coupled PL waves using global optimization–Pulliam and Sen

$600K

Sep. 2004–
Aug. 2007

Joint industry/JSG initiative

Current sponsor–Chevron Texaco

More companies are likely to participate

FRST–Fluid Rock Seismic Technology

BEG–Fomel, Janette, Jennings

UTIG–Sen

$300,000

Sep. 2004–
Aug. 2005
(Multi-year)

Department of Energy

Integrated approach to petrophysical interpretation of post- and pre-stack 3D seismic data, well-log data, core data, geological information and reservoir production data via Bayesian stochastic inversion
Sen–UTIG C. Torres-Verdin-Petroleum Engg

$1.1 million

Sep. 2000–
Aug. 2004

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

Determination of crustal structure by inversion of shear-coupled PL waves using global optimization
Pulliam, Sen, Frohlich and Grand

$438,492

Aug. 2000–
July 2006

DTRA
(Subcontract from IAT)

Airrbore GPR for the detection of underground facilities
Stoffa and Sen

$140,000

Aug. 2000–
Dec. 2001

NSF Ocean Sciences

“Collaborative Research: 3-D Seismic Imaging of an Active Margin Hydrate System –Oregon Continental Margin.” Nathan L. Bangs, Mrinal K. Sen and Yosio Nakamura

$ 524,993

Jan. 2000–
Dec. 2002

Joint Industry

“SLOSEIS: Slowness Analysis, Waveform Inversion and Uncertainty Estimation in VTI Media.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$ 210,000

Jan. 1998–
Dec. 2001

NSF Earth Sciences
EAR-9725427

“Parameter Estimation in Anisotropic Media.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Jay Pulliam

$ 170,000

Jan. 1998–
Dec. 2001

NSF Ocean Sciences

OCE-9724555

“Acquisition of an Origin 2000 for Seismic Research.”
Stoffa, Shipley, Sen, and Bangs

$ 399,112

Sep 1997–
Aug. 2000

Mobil Oil Company

3D Multiple Attenuation Methods–Feasibility Studies–
Mrinal K. Sen

$ 12,000

Jan. 1999–
Dec. 1999

NSF Ocean Sciences

OCE-9503412

“Rock property estimation by AVO inversion of marine seismic data.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$ 292,980

Nov. 1995–
Oct. 1999

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

“Anisotropic Earth Model Calculations.” Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$ 107,157

Jan. 1996–
Aug. 1998

NSF Earth Science

EAR-9304417

“Neural Computing in Geophysics.” Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$ 313,469

Jul. 1993–
Jul. 1996

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

“Hybrid Linear/nonlinear of seismic waveform inversion.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$ 128,000

Jan. 1994–
Aug. 1995

Cray Research, Inc.

“Pre-stack plane wave Kirchhoff migration on Cray T3D”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen

$ 60,000

Jan. 1995–
Dec. 1995

ONR

“Imaging of Ocean Subbottom Structure.” Mrinal K. Sen

$ 32,929

Sep. 1993–
Dec. 1995

Cray time award

“Seismic Velocity Analysis using Neural Networks”
Mrinal K. Sen

Cray Research, Inc.

“Prestack Migration-Inversion of Seismic Gathers.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen

$ 49,000

Jan. 1993–
Dec. 1993

ONR

N00014-92-J-6001

“Imaging of Ocean Subbottom Structure Using Swath Mapping Data.” Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$ 69,445

Mar. 1992–
Aug. 1993

Cray Research, Inc.

“Prestack migration velocity analysis in two- and three-dimension.” Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen

$ 60,000

Jan. 1992–
Dec. 1992

NSF Earth Science

EAR-9105922

“Non-linear inversion of plane wave seismograms uding global optimizaion methods”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa

$157,156

July 1991–
June 1993

NSF Earth Science

EAR-90xxxx

“Source and path effects and remnant seismic risk of Loma Prieta earthquake” Mrinal K. Sen and Fumiko Tajima

$45,000

Sep. 1990–
Aug. 1991

U.S. Geological Survey

“Deep structural complexity and site response in Los Angeles basin.”
Mrinal K. Sen

$ 130,000

1988–1990